🎾 ATP Rome: Tallon Griekspoor vs Miomir Kecmanović

🎾 ATP Rome: Tallon Griekspoor vs Miomir Kecmanović – Match Preview

🧠 Form & Context

🇳🇱 Tallon Griekspoor

• Quietly consistent: He’s notched up quality performances in 2025—even if his win-loss record doesn’t scream success, the context does. Seven of his ten losses came against top-20 players.
• Tough opposition streak: Recent losses to Fils, Zverev, and Draper—all red-hot players—underline how tough his draw cards have been.
• Improved clay confidence: Historically more comfortable on faster surfaces, Griekspoor has looked sharper and more tactically aware on the dirt this season.
• Rome itch: Still searching for his first main-draw win here. After two close losses in 2022 and 2024, he'll want to make a breakthrough in the Eternal City.

🇷🇸 Miomir Kecmanović

• From titles to trials: Began the year strong with a Delray Beach title but has since slumped—struggling to string together wins and finding no traction on clay.
• Confidence reboot: Played down a level at the Estoril Challenger to reset, reaching the semis. Helpful? Maybe. Concerning? Possibly.
• Rome turned corner: Finally got some Rome traction last year by beating Nakashima and Ruud to reach R3—proof that the potential is there when it clicks.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Both players come in with something to prove. Griekspoor’s game is trending in the right direction, even if the scoreboard hasn’t rewarded him yet. Kecmanović, meanwhile, is trying to pull out of a slump by dipping into lower-tier events.

Griekspoor’s aggression and improved clay rhythm make him a real threat in these conditions, while Kecmanović’s confidence may not yet be fully restored. Expect long rallies, close sets, and some mental tug-of-war between two players with clay-court points to prove.

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